2006 UAB Blazers football team

2006 UAB Blazers football
Conference	Conference USA
Division	East Division
2006 record	3–9 (2–6 C-USA)
Head coach	Watson Brown
Offensive coordinator	Pat Sullivan (8th year)
Defensive coordinator	Rick Christophel (2nd stint as DC 11th overall)
Home stadium	Legion Field (Capacity: 71,594)

2006 Conference USA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Southern Miss x		6	–	2		9	–	5
East Carolina		5	–	3		7	–	6
Marshall		4	–	4		5	–	7
UCF		3	–	5		4	–	8
UAB		2	–	6		3	–	9
Memphis		1	–	7		2	–	10
West Division
Houston x$		7	–	1		10	–	4
Rice		6	–	2		7	–	6
Tulsa		5	–	3		8	–	5
SMU		4	–	4		6	–	6
UTEP		3	–	5		5	–	7
Tulane		2	–	6		4	–	8
Championship: Houston 34, Southern Miss 20
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2006 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the 2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season, and was the sixteenth team fielded by the school. The Blazers' head coach was Watson Brown, who entered his twelfth season, and subsequently final as UAB's head coach. They played their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, and competed as a member of Conference USA. The Blazers finished their eleventh season at the I-A level, and eighth affiliated with a conference with a record of 3–9 (2–6 C-USA).^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 PM	at No. 10 Oklahoma*	Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, OK	TBS	L 17–24	84,555
September 9	6:00 PM	East Carolina	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		W 17–12	23,116
September 16	12:00 PM	at No. 10 Georgia*	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA		L 0–34	92,746
September 23	6:00 PM	Mississippi State*	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		L 10–16 ^OT	36,104
September 30	6:00 PM	Troy*	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		W 21–3	32,818
October 7	6:00 PM	Memphis	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Battle for the Bones)		W 35–29	20,644
October 14	6:30 PM	at Rice	Rice Stadium • Houston, TX	CSTV	L 33–34	10,153
October 21	6:00 PM	Marshall	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL		L 24–31	12,344
October 31	6:30 PM	at SMU	Gerald J. Ford Stadium • Highland Park, TX	ESPN2	L 9–22	13,125
November 10	7:00 PM	UTEP	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	ESPN2	L 17–36	13,809
November 18	7:00 PM	at Southern Miss	M. M. Roberts Stadium • Hattiesburg, MS	CSTV	L 20–25	27,749
November 25	11:00 AM	at UCF	Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL		L 22–31	23,755
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Schedule Source: 2008 UAB Football Media Guide: Records & History I

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	7	10	0	17
Oklahoma	7	0	14	3	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
East Carolina	3	0	3	6	12
UAB	0	10	0	7	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	0	0	0	0
Georgia	7	3	10	14	34

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mississippi State	0	3	0	7	6	16
UAB	0	7	0	3	0	10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Troy	0	3	0	0	3
UAB	14	0	7	0	21

	1	2	3	4	Total
Memphis	10	7	9	3	29
UAB	7	14	14	0	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
Marshall	0	0	0	0	0
UAB	0	0	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	6	0	3	9
SMU	0	7	0	15	22

	1	2	3	4	Total
UTEP	3	13	6	14	36
UAB	7	3	0	7	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	0	0	20	20
Southern Miss	0	16	7	2	25

	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	3	10	9	22
UCF	14	3	0	7	24

↑ "2008 UAB Football Media Guide: Records & History I". University of Alabama at Birmingham Sports Information. Archived from the original on September 28, 2008. Retrieved September 21, 2008.
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UAB Blazers football

Venues	Legion Field (1991–2014)

Bowls & rivalries	2004 Hawaii Bowl Southern Miss Troy

Culture & lore	Blaze

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

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